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Tobias Lütke

What Tobias Lütke thinks about humility

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Co-founder and CEO of Shopify; long-time Linux user and Omarchy contributor.

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Only Tobias Lütke on humility. See everyone on humility

5 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tobias Lütke has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingA founder who sees everything as an engineering problem is blinded, and that caps what they can do.

    Their wordsSo I was determined to not be the engineering type founder who is going to see everything as an engineering problem because that would be called blindness. And like, I would— this would cap my capabilities.

    ↗Tobi Lütke: 21 Years of Building Shopifyyoutube.com 8th of 48 in this recording

  3. Our readingTrusting your gut is only sometimes good advice, because nobody is born with an intuition for building businesses.

    Their wordsTrust your gut is sometimes good advice, but it really depends on your gut. So it's like no one is born with intuition for building businesses because first of all, building businesses are completely— every decade is different.

    ↗Tobi Lütke: 21 Years of Building Shopifyyoutube.com 12th of 48 in this recording

  5. Our readingCompanies that build monuments to themselves usually decline right after.

    Their wordsthere's a well-documented effect of when companies build monuments to themselves, they usually decline right after.

    ↗Tobi Lütke: 21 Years of Building Shopifyyoutube.com 34th of 48 in this recording

  7. Our readingThe cheat code to always being right is to change your opinion every time you get better information.

    Their wordsAgain, people like to be consistent over time. I just don't find that important. I will— I found the cheat code to always being right is just like change your opinion every time you get better information, right?

    ↗Tobi Lütke: 21 Years of Building Shopifyyoutube.com 45th of 48 in this recording

  9. Our readingClinging to consistency is choosing to look good over being good; it needs to be okay to change your mind when better information comes along.

    Their wordsLike, again, what's the job you want to do? Is it want to look good or be good? Right? And so you're going to like just change Like, it needs to be okay to change your mind when better information comes along.

    ↗Tobi Lütke: 21 Years of Building Shopifyyoutube.com 46th of 48 in this recording